Profile Category: Creators

Lynne Porter was born on a Keppel farm, a fifth-generation descendant of immigrants from the United Kingdom. She currently lives near Oxenden with her husband, Ron. Her deep roots inspired a keen interest in the history of family, friends, and neighbours who settled in the area. She has written and generously illustrated  OXENDEN The Way...

Mike Pickup’s interest in nature was sparked at a young age on afternoon walks in the English countryside when his father attempted to answer Mike’s many queries about birds and nature in general. After moving to Ontario, Mike explored the natural environment, hiking and exploring the Bruce Trail. Mike has volunteered with Bird Studies Canada...

Neil Aitken’s ancestors came to Egremont and Normanby townships, Grey County, Ontario, in the 1840s and 50s. The Orchard, Pinder, Ferguson, Ellis, Holliday, Clark, and Aitken names can still be found on farms in that area where the first generation cleared land and built homesteads. Helping his father, Harry, in the bush or the barn,...

Jon Radojkovic has freelanced as a photographer and journalist with the Owen Sound daily newspaper, The Sun Times, and local weeklies such as The Chesley Enterprise and The Markdale Standard, and the monthly Mosaic. Barns of the Queen’s Bush is his first book.Jon is the co-founder of Ontario Barn Preservation. Jon and his family live on a farm in Sullivan Township, northeast...

Judy Lowry has been writing for decades, while studying and teaching art, creating and exhibiting multi-dimensional works.She is a founding member of the Words Aloud poetry collective, and an active participant in and organizer of readings presented by that group. Her written works have been included in the Double Vision anthology, in a chapbook and...

Place, time, and opportunity all met in the Bruce Peninsula to start Katharine Ferguson writing. Living in a barn-made-house, she contributed a regular column “A View from the Hayloft” to The Bruce Peninsula Press, and has published short stories in area papers and in The Mysterious Bruce. In editing The Brucedale Family Reader, Katharine has...

Writing the text for Lakeshore Landmarks allowed Laura M. Gateman another opportunity to explore one of her favourite topics — lighthouses along the Great Lakes. She weaves together tales of the past and reflections on the present as she takes readers on a tour of the Bruce Coast. In 2006 Laura published Canadian Lighthouses: From Goderich to...

Laura Robinson’s more than thirty years as a Nordic skier, cycling, triathlete, and rower provide a backdrop for her writing in the sociology of sport. As much at home in front of a keyboard as on snowy trails, she has covered major events from Olympics to the North American Indigenous Games. Always, the stories of...

Artist Lin Souliere works from Dragonfly Ridge Studio north of Lion’s Head on the Bruce Peninsula. “Within the woods and beside the water I find my inspiration to paint,” says Lin. Her works are displayed in area galleries, and her illustrations in a variety of books Paddle to Rattlesnake Island, Skiing in Black Bear Park,...

Sheila Balls lives in Meaford, Ontario. Her adventures have been shared with her husband, Carl; son Michael and daughter Catherine; various cats, cows and wild animals. Many of the adventures she records involve her family and pets or neighbour’s cattle.  Sheila has continued to write, with two self-published books.